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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... speed up interest rate rises, dealers said. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly fallen, with downbeat Chinese manufacturing data dragging down Hong Kong and Shanghai as concerns grew about the pace of recovery in the world's second-largest economy. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... earnings and a positive lead from Wall Street. But it dipped slightly in late morning trade after the latest reading on manufacturing activity in China fell below expectations. That erased some of the gains made in early trade, which took the market ...

CBA dismisses Murray's concerns over vertical integration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... expressed by the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) interim report that Australia's big institutions control both the manufacturing and distribution of financial products. "We need to have business settings that ensure that the customer's interests are absolutely ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... close at 2,185.30. Shenzhen also fell 1.01 per cent, or 11.72 points, to 1,148.29. The drop came despite Chinese manufacturing activity increasing sharply in July and rising at its fastest pace in more than two years. The official purchasing managers ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... 1.1% in June after a 0.6% decline in May.... and more good US stats. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index jumped to its fastest pace in nine years, to a better-than-expected and a recovery high reading of 58.7 in July. This ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... close at 2,185.30. Shenzhen also fell 1.01 per cent, or 11.72 points, to 1,148.29. The drop came despite Chinese manufacturing activity increasing sharply in July and rising at its fastest pace in more than two years. The official purchasing managers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... Statistics (ABS) releases June quarter producer price index data, the Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing index (PMI) for July is due out, as is the RP Data monthly house prices figures for June and July. In equities news, Woodside ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... have seen in the past three years." The composite PMI rose to a 3-month high of 54.0 in July from 52.8 in June. The manufacturing PMI rose to a 2-month high of 51.9 in July from 51.8 in June. The services PMI rose to a 38-month high of 54.4 in July from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... quarterly US economic growth data is also set to be released. China will provide two updates on the health of its manufacturing industry on Friday. Locally, the big miners all gained on Wednesday morning. Rio Tinto put on 74 cents to $66.49, BHP gained ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... than GM does, having sold 105,000 vehicles there in 2013 for a reported market share of 3.8 percent. Ford also has manufacturing facilities in Russia. Like GM, Ford had been looking to increase its investment in Russia and invested $1.4 billion in a ...